Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

MEDVL 1101

Topics and reading lists vary from section to section, but all will in some way address the subject of medieval culture. Consult the John S. Knight Institute Current Courses webpage to access current year ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Heaven and Hell

  • 18263 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Berry, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Crossdressings

  • 18264 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Chauncy, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Medieval Migrations-Globaliz & Medvl Imagining

  • 18265 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Zweers, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

MEDVL 2170

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2170SPAN 2170

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7687 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pinet, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 2355

Survey lecture course covering the creation, encoding, and reception of Medieval (roughly AD 500-1500) European, Byzantine, and Islamic architecture, ornament, manuscripts, liturgical and luxury objects. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2355

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8432 MEDVL 2355   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

      Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8435 MEDVL 2355   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

      Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8436 MEDVL 2355   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

      Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 2555

This course will introduce students to the study of sex and sexuality in the medieval and early modern Islamic World, ending at the dawn of the twentieth century; we will begin with the study of desire ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2555NES 2555RELST 2555

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8165 MEDVL 2555   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 2590

This course focuses on the ideas and practices of Crusading, from its birth ca. 1100 to the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1292. We explore the roots of Crusading in Christian Europe and in the Islamic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2590

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7579 MEDVL 2590   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8068 MEDVL 2590   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 3120

Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of recent movies and riveting new translations. The poem's popular appeal lies in its complex depictions of monsters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3120ENGL 6120MEDVL 6120

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3131 MEDVL 3120   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3212

An introduction to some of the major thinkers and philosophical developments in the Islamic world from the 9th to the 14th centuries CE. Figures include Muslim thinkers such as Al-Kindi, Al-Razi, Al-Farabi, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8937 MEDVL 3212   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3316

Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3316

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4223 MEDVL 3316   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Traustason, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3448

Sufism, popularly understood as Islamic mysticism, is a loose name given to a broad and diverse collection of beliefs, practices and groups that range and vary across time and space. Going from a small ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8318 MEDVL 3448   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3530

This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7948 MEDVL 3530   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4201

This topics seminar will explore genres, forms, and theories of Medieval Latin poetry in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries (with a few forays into the fourteenth century and beyond). Topics include ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4223LATIN 7223MEDVL 6201

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8146 MEDVL 4201   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4910

'Violence' has become an unavoidable - and urgently troubling - buzzword in contemporary Western culture. We worry about its manifestations and representations in our own civilization, we scan foreign ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4910HIST 6920MEDVL 6910

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8398 MEDVL 4910   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8399 MEDVL 4910   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 4963

Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7602 MEDVL 4963   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7603 MEDVL 4963   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7262PHIL 6020RELST 6020

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3123 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brittain, C

      MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6120

Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of recent movies and riveting new translations. The poem's popular appeal lies in its complex depictions of monsters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3120ENGL 6120MEDVL 3120

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3132 MEDVL 6120   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6201

This topics seminar will explore genres, forms, and theories of Medieval Latin poetry in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries (with a few forays into the fourteenth century and beyond). Topics include ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4223LATIN 7223MEDVL 4201

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8144 MEDVL 6201   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6210

Graduate seminar covering a topic in medieval philosophy. Spring 2025 Topics include: Augustine; Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400). view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400)

  •  4045 MEDVL 6210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6210RELST 6210

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Augustine

  •  8017 MEDVL 6210   SEM 102

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alimi, O

      Hubner, K

      MacDonald, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6310

Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8531 MEDVL 6310   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6330

This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7952 MEDVL 6330   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6448

Sufism, popularly understood as Islamic mysticism, is a loose name given to a broad and diverse collection of beliefs, practices and groups that range and vary across time and space. Going from a small ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8321 MEDVL 6448   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6910

'Violence' has become an unavoidable - and urgently troubling - buzzword in contemporary Western culture. We worry about its manifestations and representations in our own civilization, we scan foreign ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4910HIST 6920MEDVL 4910

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8403 MEDVL 6910   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8404 MEDVL 6910   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 6963

Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China. For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •  7608 MEDVL 6963   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7609 MEDVL 6963   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8010

This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2741 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8020

This course should be used for an independent study in which a small group of students works with one member of the graduate faculty. After getting permission of the instructor, students should contact ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2740 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Galloway, A

      Hicks, A

      Hill, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3480 MEDVL 8020   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies